⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-11 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 4:26 · MEM 29-15 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 1:35 · MEM 61-43 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:01 · MEM 96-90 LAC
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 1:54 · MEM 100-95 LAC
- Missed FT
Jason Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · MEM 105-98 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Wilcox Technical Foul
Q2 0:08 · MEM 61-45 LAC
- Missed FT
Eddie House missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:58 · MEM 93-84 LAC
- Missed FT
Chris Wilcox missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:11 · MEM 96-89 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
